potter

Someone who makes pots, bowls, and other objects from clay.

• The potter made a bowl.
• She trained as a potter before opening her shop.
• Local potters displayed their work at the market.

Similar words: ceramicist

Common phrases: skilled potter, potter's wheel, local potter

To spend time doing small, enjoyable jobs without hurrying.

• I like to potter in the garden.
• She pottered about, watering plants and sorting seeds.
• We spent Sunday pottering around the house and fixing little things.

How to use it: potter about/around somewhere (He likes to potter around the garden, pulling weeds.)

Similar words: putter, fiddle about

Common phrases: potter in something, potter about, potter around something

To move slowly around a place without a clear purpose.

• He pottered around the house.
• We spent the afternoon pottering about town.
• She pottered from room to room with no particular destination.

How to use it: potter around/about somewhere (We pottered about the village until lunchtime.)

Similar words: wander, amble, putter

Common phrases: potter around, potter about, potter around town